Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen released from federal prison

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was released from federal prison Thursday morning to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cohen arrived at his Manhattan apartment building after his release from FCI Otisville in New York. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to tax evasion, campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress, didn’t stop to speak with reporters gathered on the sidewalk.

“There is so much I want to say and intend to say,” Cohen wrote on Twitter a little more than an hour after arriving home. “But now is not the right time. Soon.”

Asked about Cohen’s release, Trump said he didn’t know about it and declined to comment further.